A stone cave used by the early man, belonging to the Neolithic Age between 10,000 years and 5,000 years ago, surfaced at Mattaralla tribal hamlet under the Yellampet village in Machareddy mandal.
Remnants of rock arts inside the cave located in the forest are indicative of early man settlements and his movements in the place. With this, it can be stated that there settlement of the early man here much before the formation of the Asmaka State which was one of the 16 janapadas (States) of ancient India that existed in 600 BC.
According to Toomu Vijayakumar, who discovered the cave settlement as part of his research in history, the early man evolved himself from the food gatherer stage to settled life in the area by the time Neolithic Age began.
“I am surprised as to why this place was not found by any historian till date. Now onwards more research can be done on the basis of the latest revelations,” he said.
The pictures of animals and articles used by the early man were painted in red colour on the cave walls and they are still intact.
The paintings depicted the lifestyle of early man and his ideas.
Some mathematical signs, pictures of deer, antelope, dog, man and fish are among the rock arts.
Vijaya Kumar who is doing his Ph.D in History in Kakatiya University says that since the early man led coexistence with certain animals he painted their pictures. There are about 400 pictures and deer was sketched single and also in groups. He also drew the pictures of pots.
Images of sharp stones, spears and axes figured among them. The early man also sketched the images of the single man and men in groups. Illustrations of man walking on a tree branch, lean man and man in plump size are also among them.
The research scholar said that the cave settlement is beneath a huge rock. The early man built walls with little stones on both sides of the cave.
He emphasized on the need for enlightening the local tribal people to protect the cave for the further research by future generations.
